Or, for that matter, who says Benoit is hell-bent on remaining a closer? It’s not like he’s had the job forever. He’s used to setup work. Also: if you’re the Padres, this could work out as a flip-a-closer-at-the-deadline situation.

At least the Padres have spent a little money. It feels like a make or break year for Josh Byrnes as he shed the shadow of Jed Hoyer and the team he is putting out in 2014 is pretty much all his from his trades and signings. Padres payroll will probably be around 85M which is a lot for them.

Can’t help but think there’s more moves to come but Benoit surely much better against lefties than Gregerson, who was starting to lose a bit. Solves need to get a lefty reliever but also fills 8 or 9th innings.